Assistant Controller

AmSpec Group • Cranbury, NJ

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About The Position

AmSpec is seeking a hands-on Assistant Controller to strengthen the quality and consistency of accounting across a global, multi-entity business. This person will lead core close and control activities, work directly with regional finance teams, and help turn process improvements into repeatable monthly routines. The role is a senior accounting leadership position with ownership of deliverables, review, and follow-through.

Requirements

• Hands-on approach to accounting.
• Experience with global, multi-entity businesses.
• Leadership in core close and control activities.
• Ability to work directly with regional finance teams.
• Experience in turning process improvements into repeatable monthly routines.
• Senior accounting leadership experience.
• Ownership of deliverables, review, and follow-through.
• Experience with monthly and quarterly close processes.
• Experience with consolidated reporting workstreams.
• Ability to set clear deadlines and manage submissions.
• Experience reviewing journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience resolving aged items.
• Ability to establish a consistent close control framework.
• Knowledge of account ownership, reconciliation standards, review evidence, and issue escalation.
• Experience with US GAAP.
• Experience reviewing complex accounting matters (acquisitions, intercompany balances, fixed assets, leases, accruals, reserves, estimates).
• Ability to prepare or review technical conclusions.
• Experience coordinating financial statement and external audit support.
• Experience preparing schedules, account analyses, and supporting documentation for audits.
• Experience responding to audit requests and resolving issues with auditors.
• Partnership with treasury and systems teams on interfaces, access, data quality, and reconciliations.
• Experience with source systems, general ledger, and consolidation reporting.
• Experience validating changes to FCCS.
• Experience supporting NetSuite rollouts with testing and control design.
• Experience improving fixed asset and lease accounting processes.
• Experience with subledgers, asset/lease changes, and general ledger reconciliations.
• Experience clarifying ownership, training reviewers, and documenting procedures.
• Ability to build scalable processes for recurring accounting work.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience developing accounting staff.
• Ability to assign work based on priorities and review for quality.
• Ability to give direct feedback and resolve difficult issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly and quarterly close for assigned entities and consolidated reporting workstreams. Set clear deadlines, review journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations, resolve aged items, and ensure timely, supported submissions from local and regional teams.
• Establish a consistent close control framework across entities, including account ownership, reconciliation standards, review evidence, issue escalation, and a clear status view for the Group Controller.
• Review complex accounting matters under US GAAP, including acquisitions and intercompany balances, fixed assets, leases, accruals, reserves, and other significant estimates. Prepare or review technical conclusions and ensure they are reflected correctly in the books.
• Coordinate financial statement and external audit support, including schedules, account analyses, supporting documentation, audit requests, and timely resolution of issues with the auditors.
• Partner with the treasury and systems team on interfaces, access, data quality, and reconciliations between source systems, the general ledger, and consolidation reporting. Help validate changes to FCCS alongside existing reporting and support NetSuite rollouts with testing and control design.
• Improve the fixed asset and lease accounting processes, including complete subledgers, supported asset and lease changes, and reconciliations to the general ledger.
• Work with the finance operations team and regional controllers to clarify ownership, train reviewers, document procedures, and build a scalable process for recurring accounting work.
• Supervise and develop accounting staff. Assign work based on priorities, review for quality, give direct feedback, and step in to resolve difficult issues when needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed